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Secret Service Agent Who Tried to Torpedo Hutchinson Testimony Retires Abruptly

Tony Ornato, Secret Service deputy director, abruptly retired Monday, just two day before he was to be interviewed Jan. 6 investigators. Ornato, the man who made the unprecedented transitionFrom the Secret Service to Trump White House as deputy Chief of Staff for Operations, pushed back on former White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson’s testimony to the […]

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US Left Afghanistan 1 Year Ago, But Has Been Slow to Welcome Afghan Refugees

We look at what’s happened to Afghan refugees who have struggled to flee the country since the last U.S. troops left Afghanistan one year ago today. While the U.S. and allied nations helped evacuate some 122,000 people out of Afghanistan, the U.S. has failed to process requests for “humanitarian parole” — a program granting U.S. […]

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Medicaid Program Expands Funding for Home Care, But Its Future Is Uncertain

Original publication by The 19th. Recently, the Biden administration announcedA total of $25 million has been granted to expand the Medicaid program. more than 90,000Seniors and those with disabilities can be moved out of nursing homes and back into their community. Money Follows the PersonThis demonstration program is designed to assist states in expanding their […]

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Trump Demands to Be Reinstated as President, Citing Hunter Biden, Mar-a-Lago

Nearly two years after the 2020 presidential election, former President Donald Trump is demanding that he be reinstated as chief executive — or that a new election be held immediately to determine if he should replace current President Joe Biden. Trump recently posted on his Truth Social website that there is “conclusive” evidence that the […]

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Public Approval of Unions Hits 57-Year High, Polling Finds

New polling finds that American public approval of unions has reached its highest point since 1965 thanks to a series victories by the labor movements in the past few years. According to a Gallup pollOn Tuesday, 71% of Americans voted for unions. This approval is the highest recorded in 57-years and is close enough to […]

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Why Won’t Michigan’s Secretary of State Purge Dead From Voter Rolls?

This is an example of the bizarre views of controversialJocelyn Benson, Secretary of State for Michigan, is a federal judge. turned down Benson’s motion to throw out a lawsuit filed against her for refusing to remove almost 26,000 dead voters from Michigan voters rolls.  In mid-September 2020, the Public Interest Legal Foundation (of which I […]

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Biden’s Rating Hits Highest Point in Months After Student Debt Plan Announcement

President Joe Biden’s job approval hit its highest point in months in the days immediately following the announcement that his administration is fulfilling a campaign promise to cancel student debt, new polling shows. CBS/YouGov polling results released Sunday shows that Biden’s job rating among registered voters is now at 45 percent, up from 42 percent […]

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Herschel Walker Complains That Journalists Are Asking What He’ll Do if Elected

Herschel Walker, the Republican nominee for Georgia’s Senate seat, has refused to answer questions about the actions he will take if he wins office. Walker has made public his views on certain topics, including his belief in the existence of God. abortion should be banned outright with no exceptions whatsoever. But journalists in Georgia have […]

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Our Voting Rights Are at Stake in Upcoming Supreme Court Ruling

Soon, the U.S. Supreme Court is going to decide if multiracial democracy has a future here. The highest court is expected rule. Moore v. Harper by June 2023, and the stakes of the case couldn’t be higher. If it doesn’t go according to plan, this case couldMass purges of voters, drastic restrictions to popular early […]

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What our ageing society needs from the next Prime Minister 

Do you think the UK is governed largely by and benefits older people? Some people have suggested that this is the case over the past year. And yet during the current battle between Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak to become the next Prime Minister, we’ve heard very little reference to policies that would help address […]

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